PROJECT : SJAKKET COMMUNITY BUILDING
TYPE : COMPETITION 1ST PRIZE
SIZE : 2000 m2
BUDGET : 3 000 000 €
CLIENT : SJAKKET, REALDANIA FOUNDATION
COLLABORATORS : BIRCH OG KROGBOE
LOCATION : COPENHAGEN, DK
STATUS : COMPLETION MARCH 2007
Photo © Vegar Moen
Sjakket Youth House
A base camp for immigrant youth is to occupy a former factory building. The exterior twin peak silhouette and gables are subject to rules of preservation. We gut one of the vaulted buildings making it a vast sports hall, and jam the other with the more intimate programs. Huge garage can open up the south side to the courtyard as an extension into the urban realm. The canyon between the two vaulted roofs becomes the secret oasis of the kids. The studio of Ghetto Noize Records is located in a container spanning the two peaks as the only architectural addition, and the icon of Sjakket’s presence on the industrial skyline of North West Copenhagen
Sjakket Youth House Information from Julien De Smedt Architects 190108
Sjakket Youth House : Julien De Smedt Architects
PROJECT TEAM:
Julien De Smedt
Sophus Søbye
Anders Drescher
Bjarke Ingels
Bo Benzon
Christian Dam
David Zahle
Julie Schmidt-Nielsen
Kathrin Gimmel
Louise Steffesen
Nanna Gyldholm Møller
Narisara Ladawal
Nina Ter-Borch
Ole Nannberg
Olmo Ahlmann
Søren Lambertsen
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